Note by Jeff: The Obama campaign sent an email message today (supposedly from the nominee himself) which said, in part, “John McCain’s campaign is doing everything it can to focus attention on false personal attacks and distractions — but there’s too much at stake for that kind of politics. I need your help to get the conversation back on track.”

We can read this as, “Stop pointing fingers at me! It’s against “the rules” to actually tell anyone that my campaign has been bought and paid for by the Fannie Mae/Countrywide/etc. crooks! BUSH!! ROVE!! OLD POLITICS!!!”